As I opened my freezer and picked up the box, I fully expected the weight of the sugar, fat, and general deliciousness that I had been cra...

The fan overhead makes a smooth whirring sound, interrupted every so often by a temporary grinding of bearings as they must somehow realig...

"This is what we do now," I say to myself as I look at the freak show before me in the mirror. Of course, the words echoing...

The man with the microphone had a charming lilt in his voice. He wore a cowboy hat tipped ever-so-slightly to the side. His red cowboy b...

She's waiting for me in the car — my sidekick on an errand in which I will buy milk and eggs. On our way, we'll rehearse our own l...

The old-time-y filling station hadn't changed one iota in comparison to the neighborhood in which it was rooted. The clapboard str...

She wasn't playing. "You always make me look like a little girl," she said in exasperation. Cheeks too full. Expression ...

First confession: I am never thinking of an animal.  It's true. Since it's my turn, and we are trapped in a car, I don...

Things started appearing in the hallway, eventually creating a topsy-turvy tower. Taking a closer look, I could see the construction: a co...

During the summer of my sixteenth year, I toiled away in the kitchen of a beloved local Italian restaurant. Most weekend evenings at f...

During dark moments, people always tell you to go to your happy place. I always thought of this as an imaginary land, where everything...

Clickety-clank clunk. Rattley-rattatattley-roll. Clang-y-clang-y-clang. Tink. Diiiiiiiiiing! I don't expect a jackpot. Lat...